NBA: Day 10 of 170Fantasy Basketball Trends

The 2012-2013 NBA Season is 170 calender days long. From October 30th this year to April 17th of 2013. Today is day 10. Which means we have gone through 6% of the season already. Here are some trends to keep an eye on at this point of the season.

League Leaders

Marcin Gortat has 4 straight double doubles. He fell one rebound shy of 10 in the opener but 4 out of 5 games with at least 10 boards and 10 points isn't half bad. His 4 double doubles is tied for the league lead with Lebron James, Rajon Rondo, Chris Paul and Zach Randolph. I picked CP3 to win the MVP this year and I was extremely high on Rondo and Rudolph entering the season. Obviously Lebron is the best player on the planet but this is more about Gortat. Right now he's the best center in the fantasy world. Ahead of Dwight Howard, Chris Bosh, Joakim Noah, Marc Gasol and Tim Duncan. Give some credit to his new point guard Goran Dragic. Dragic is averaging 8.6 assists per game, along with 14.6 points per game.

Robin Lopez C - With Anthony Davis dealing with a concussion, Lopez will be the guy down low. He's totaled 10 blocks in 4 games.

Mike Dunleavy SG/SF - He's averaging 3 three's per game. Tack on 3.3 assists and 6.7 rebounds and you have yourself a player that currently ranks in the Top 25 of Shooting Guards and Top 15 of Small Forwards.

Who's Trending Down

Tony Allen is currently trending down in all fantasy leagues. You would be wrong if you drafted him for offensive production, his value is on the defensive side of the court. He's tallied 4 blocks and 8 steals in 4 games this year. But this is fantasy basketball, you must take the good with the bad. The bad, in Tony Allen's case, is shooting under 36% from the field. Keep in mind he is a career 48% shooter.

Danny Granger will miss the next 3 months. I had him as a Top 40 player entering the season. I'm dropping him in one year leagues.

Kris Humphries has averaged a double double each of the last two seasons. In those seasons he averaged 27.9 and 34.9 minutes per game. This year he's averaging 23.3 minutes per game. His value is less than Chris Kaman. That's not a knock on Kaman either, I think he's a better play right now. I'd have a hard time dumping Humphries (unlike Kim Kardashian) from my fantasy roster, but if I did...

Here are some realistic forwards I would rather pickup:

Chris KamanLarry SandersCarl LandryJ.J. HicksonBrandon Bass

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If you look at Larry Sanders' season so far, he's 3rd in the league in Field Goal percentage (70.8%), Tied for 2nd in Blocks (3.00 BPG) and he's averaging 8 shots in 26 minutes per game off the bench. If he keeps this up, he could be moved into a starting role.

Orlando Injuries

Jameer Nelson (Hamstring) is day to day.Hedo Turkoglu (hand) out at least 4 weeks.

By moving Arron Afflalo into the SF spot the Magic are counting on 23 year old E'Twaun Moore to produce as their starting shooting guard. Moore is shooting 53.8% from behind the arc. Also keep an eye on Nikola Vucevic in deeper leagues. He's averaging nearly 8 rebounds per game for the Magic.

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